Publications:

(all articles are refereed; undergraduate student coauthors are underlined and
graduate student coauthors are underlined and in bold face type; order of authors
reflects intellectual contribution to the research)

Journal Articles (published or in press):

Rittenhouse, T.A.G., E.B. Harper, L.R. Rehard, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2008. The role of microhabitats in the desiccation and survival of amphibians in recently harvested oak-hickory forest. Copeia (in press)

Johnson, J.R., R.D. Mahan, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2008. Seasonal terrestrial microhabitat use by gray treefrogs (Hyla versicolor) in Missouri oak-hickory forests. Herpetologica (in press).

Harper, E.B., T.A.G. Rittenhouse and R.D. Semlitsch. 2008. Demographic consequences of terestrial habitat loss for pool-breeding amphibians: predicting extinction risks associated with inadequate size of buffer zones. Conservation Biology [pdf] proofs

Hocking, D.J., and R.D. Semlitsch. 2008. Effects of forest management treatments on gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) tadpole performance. Journal of Herpetology (in press)

Hocking, D.J., T.A.G. Rittenhouse, B. Rothermel, J. Johnson, C.A. Conner, E.B. Harper, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2008. Breeding phenology of pond-breeding amphibians in Missouri oak-hickory forests. American Midland Naturalist [pdf]

Semlitsch, R.D., C. A. Conner, D. J. Hocking, T.A.G. Rittenhouse, and E.B. Harper. 2008. Effects of timber harvesting on amphibian persistence: testing the evacuation hypotheses. Ecological Applications 18:283-289. [pdf]

Williams, B., Rittenhouse, T.A.G., and R.D. Semlitsch. 2008. Effects of shade and pond substrate on larval fitness traits in three anurans. Oecologia 155:377-384. [pdf]

Semlitsch, R.D. 2008. Differentiating migration and dispersal processes for pond-breeding amphibians. Journal of Wildlife Management 72:260-267. [pdf]

Semlitsch, R.D., B.S. Metts, and J.L. Greene. 2007. Observations on emigration and habitat use by eastern tiger salamanders, Ambystoma tigrinum, in South Carolina. Herpetological Review 38:399-402. [pdf]

Johnson, J.R., J.H. Knouft, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2007. Sex and seasonal differences in the spatial terrestrial distribution of gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) populations. Biological Conservation 140:250-258. [pdf]

Rittenhouse, T.A.G., and R.D. Semlitsch. 2007. Post-breeding habitat use by wood frogs in Missouri oak-hickory forest. Journal of Herpetology 41:645-653. [pdf]

Hocking, D.J., and R.D. Semlitsch. 2007. Effects of timber harvest on breeding-site selection by gray treefrogs (Hyla versicolor). Biological Conservation 138:506-513. [pdf]

Harper, E.B., and R.D. Semlitsch. 2007. Density dependence in the terrestrial life history stage of two anurans. Oecologia 153:879-889. [pdf]

Rittenhouse, T.A.G., and R.D. Semlitsch. 2007. Distribution of amphibians in terrestrial habitat surrounding wetlands. Wetlands 27:153-161. [pdf]

Mahan, R.D., and J.R. Johnson. 2007. Diet of the gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) in relation to foraging site location. Journal of Herpetology 41:16-23. [pdf]

Semlitsch, R.D., T.J. Ryan. , K. Hamed, M. Chatfield, B. Drehman, N. Pekarek, M. Spath, and A. Watland. 2007. Salamander abundance along road edges and within abandoned logging roads in Appalachian forests. Conservation Biology 21:159-167. [pdf]

Rittenhouse, T.A.G., T.A. Altnether, and R.D. Semlitsch. 2006. Florescent powder pigments as
harmless tracking method for ambystomatids and ranids. Herpetological Review 37: 188-191.

Rothermel, B.B., and R.D. Semlitsch. 2006. Consequences of forest fragmentation for juvenile survival in the salamanders Ambystoma maculatum and A. opacum. Canadian J. Zoology 84: 797-807.  [pdf]

Rittenhouse, T.A.G. and R.D. Semlitsch. 2006. Grasslands as movement barriers for a forest-associated salamander: migration behavior of adult and juvenile salamanders at a distinct habitat edge. Biological Conservation 131:14-22.  [pdf]

Rittenhouse, T.A.G., M. Doyle, R. Mank, B.B. Rothermel, and R.D.Semlitsch. 2004. Substrate cues influence habitat selection by spotted salamanders. Journal of Wildlife Management 68:1151-1158. [pdf]

Johnson, J. and R.D. Semlitsch. 2003. Defining core habitat of local populations of the gray treefrog (Hyla versicolor) based on choice of oviposition site. Oecologia 137:205-210. [pdf]

Semlitsch, R.D., and J.R. Bodie. 2003. Biological criteria for buffer zones around wetlands and riparian habitats for amphibians and reptiles. Conservation Biology 17:1219-1228. [pdf]

Rothermel, B.B., and R.D. Semlitsch. 2002. An experimental investigation of landscape resistance of forest versus old-field habitats to emigrating juvenile amphibians. Conservation Biology 16:1324-1332. [pdf]